Microsoft is a planning to make its Windows Terminal the default command line expertise in Windows 11 subsequent 12 months. While Windows 11 at present helps setting Windows Terminal as default, the default terminal emulator has at all times been the Windows Console Host. Microsoft hasn’t ever formally supported changing this console host, which means that command immediate and PowerShell at all times open in Windows Console Host.

“Over the course of 2022, we are planning to make Windows Terminal the default experience on Windows 11 devices,” explains Kayla Cinnamon, a program supervisor for Windows Terminal at Microsoft. “We will start with the Windows Insider Program and start moving through rings until we reach everyone on Windows 11.”

While this modification received’t have an effect on most Windows customers, builders will quickly see Windows Terminal in the event that they try and launch the Command Prompt. It’s a change that modernizes the general Windows console atmosphere, notably as Microsoft has put lots of effort into making Windows Terminal a stable residence for builders.

Windows Terminal first appeared in Windows 10 in 2019, following a shock announcement at Microsoft’s annual Build builders convention that 12 months. The Windows Terminal app contains a number of tab help, alongside themes, customization, and help for full GPU-based textual content rendering and emoji.